Press Releases
Oct 16, 2024
Court Blocks Georgia’s New Hand Counting Rule in Victory for Voters
ATLANTA — A state court today permanently blocked the Georgia State Election Board’s new rule requiring the hand counting of ballots in the upcoming November election.
Earlier ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
Oct 16, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and Partners Challenge Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Kansas, the Kansas Death Penalty Unit, Hogan Lovells, and Ali & Lockwood filed a challenge yesterday to th...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Oct 16, 2024
Nebraska Supreme Court Orders Elections Officials to Let Thousands of Nebraskans with Felony Convictions Vote
***Speakers will address today’s decision at a press conference in Omaha at 12:30 P.M. CDT this afternoon. Please email spetto@aclunebraska.org for location details or a link to the livestream.***
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Spung v. Evnen
Oct 15, 2024
Victory in Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-Voter Law S.B. 1
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A federal district court ruled Friday, October 11, in a victory for voting rights, that a key provision of Texas’ anti-voter law Senate Bill 1 violates feder...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: OCA-Greater Houston v. Paxton
Oct 14, 2024
U.S. Supreme Declines to Hear Appeal from Guam Supreme Court Ruling in Abortion Case
HAGÅTÑA, Guam — The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected Guam Attorney General Douglas Moylan’s request to overturn the Guam Supreme Court’s decision, in a case brought by the...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Guam Society of OBGYNs v. Guerrero
Oct 14, 2024
Dismissal in Nevada Case a Win for Voting RightsÂ
LAS VEGAS — A mass voter challenge lawsuit brought forward in Washoe County by a conservative nonprofit organization that resulted in direct intervention by the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Nevada an...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Citizen Outreach Foundation v. Burgess

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